Robotics for Companies and

Industrial Applications

@

the University of Bologna

Evento UNIBO-CNA

Ing. Gianluca Palli

gianluca.palli@unibo.it

https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/gianluca.palli

An overview of past and present experiences

Underwater Robotics

Underwater robotics for

assembly and maintenance

tasks

Autonomous systems

Cooperating robots

Manipulation platforms

In collaboration with

The SHERPA Project

Automatic

Delegation

system

Semantic

interpretation

• The SHERPA answer

– Robotic platforms for

autonomous patrol and

avalance victim search

In collaboration with

Robotic Hands/Grippers:

• Designed for industrial applications

• With integrated control, tactile sensing

and vision system

Robot Hands

In collaboration with

Smart Autonomous Intervention Move the operator away from the plant

Introduction of robotic technology and

teleoperation to reduce costs and risks

Development of simplified interface for

teleoperation and training

Partial local autonomy for common

tasks executed transparently to the user

In collaboration with

Teleoperation of Heterogeneous Teams

Introduce teams of heterogeneous robots

to execute complex monitoring and

intervention tasks

Operated from remote through

transparent teleoperation channels

(independent from the robotic team)

The user can operate on different plants

from the same location

In collaboration with

The WIRES project Switchgear wiring: A manufacturing

field strongly based on human

adaptability, interpretation and

manipulation abilities

TODAY

TOMORROW

Advanced manipulation

capabilities enable new

application scenarios including

deformable object handling

Tactile sensing

Vision systems

Multi-fingered and multi-

function grippers

In collaboration with

Distributed vision system

Mobile manipulators

Specialized platforms

Human-robot cooperation

Natural human-robot

dialogue

Specialized abilities

Communication and cooperation skills

Future Scenario

In collaboration with

Trajectory Optimization

Realtime trajectory design

and filtering through

exponential filters, ZVD and

ZVDD filters for:

• Vibration reduction

• Mechanism optimization

• Cycle time reduction

• From mechanical to

electric cams

In collaboration with

Virtual and smart commissioning

Virtual commissioning applied

to automatic machines

• Time to market reduction

• Control logic design

optimization

• Anticipate commissioning

through functionally-

consistent virtual models

In collaboration with

Automatic test and quality assessment

In collaboration with

Extensive test procedures

executed by robots

• Enlarge the number of tests

• Applicable to each single

product

• Collaborative and Design-

oriented robot training